International Agreements and How to Build a Legal Case for Women’s Land Rights

Publisher(s)
Resource Equity
Topics
  Gender, Grievances & redress, Legal advice
Audience
  Civil society, Grassroots organisations, Legal advisors
Tools and Guides

International Agreements and How to Build a Legal Case for Women’s Land Rights

  Aug 01th, 2014

This guide aims to help practitioners to research and use international legal norms, regional conventions, treaties and protocols to engage State officials and institutions, including local and customary legal officials; to encourage domestic compliance with State obligations; and to challenge local laws and court decisions regarding women’s rights to land and property. The guide provides the underlying international norms and relevant treaty provisions addressing women’s land rights. It also includes a series of questions focusing on how to build a case challenging local laws or a court decision which violates international or regional commitments that the state has made with regard to women’s land and property rights.